Ecce Homo (“Behold the Man”), Antonio Ciseri’s depiction of Pilate presenting a scourged Jesus to the people of Jerusalem
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(swiss-italian painter of the late 1800s)
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*as of ‘16 NOVEMBER 2023’*
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/ˌpɒnᵗʃəs ˈpaɪlət/ or /ˌpɒnti.əs ˈpaɪlət/
Latin: Pontius Pīlātus,
Greek: Πόντιος Πιλάτος, Pontios Pīlātos)
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*”pontius pilate” was the 5th prefect of the roman province of ‘judaea’ from ’26 AD’ – ’36 AD’*
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(he served under ’emperor tiberius’, and is best known today for the trial and crucifixion of ‘jesus christ’)
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The sources for Pilate’s life are an inscription known as the Pilate Stone, which confirms his historicity and establishes his title as prefect;
a brief mention by Tacitus
Philo of Alexandria
Josephus
the four canonical gospels;
the Gospel of Nicodemus;
the Gospel of Marcion;
and other apocryphal works.
Based on these sources, it appears that Pilate was an equestrian of the Pontii family, and succeeded Valerius Gratus as prefect of Judaea in AD 26.
Once in his post he offended the religious sensibilities of his subjects, leading to harsh criticism from Philo, and many decades later, Josephus.
According to Josephus c. AD 93, Pilate was ordered back to Rome after harshly suppressing a Samaritan uprising, arriving just after the death of Tiberius which occurred on 16 March in AD 37.
He was replaced by Marcellus.
In all four gospel accounts, Pilate lobbies for Jesus to be spared his eventual fate of execution, and acquiesces only when the crowd refuses to relent.
He thus seeks to avoid personal responsibility for the death of Jesus.
In the Gospel of Matthew, Pilate washes his hands to show that he is not responsible for the execution of Jesus and reluctantly sends him to his death.
The Gospel of Mark, depicting Jesus as innocent of plotting against the Roman Empire, portrays Pilate as reluctant to execute him.
In the Gospel of Luke, Pilate not only agrees that Jesus did not conspire against Rome, but Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee, also finds nothing treasonable in Jesus’ actions.
In the Gospel of John, Pilate states “I find no guilt in Him [Jesus],” and he asks the Jews if Jesus should be released from custody.
(‘scholars’ have long debated how to interpret pilate’s portrayal in the sources)
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(the significance of the ‘pilate stone’ – an artifact discovered in ‘1961’ that names ‘pontius pilate’ – is similarly debated by ‘scholars’)
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